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PAGE FOUR ■ftSynoMOWE m Chowan Herald fdfeliiikad Thursday by The Chowan MmMrahiP consulting of J. Edwin •WBW |M‘ Sector' Lupton, at 423-426 South North Carolina. 4. ii Manager BUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outside North Carolina) $2.50 In Ndjth Carolina) *2.00 Ss second-class matter August 30, Post Office at Edenton, North Caro the act of March 3. 1879. thanks, obituaries, resolutions of „ vill pe charged for at regular ad- ISDAT. JANUARY 16. 1958. A LIFT FOR TODAY it A year* in thy sight are but as yes terday when it is past; and as a watch in the hikhl , —Psalms 90:4. Vffofc 1R LENT, to be used by us in God’s ser vi««; wo cannot be too diligent in it; it is irrevoca ble when gonej we must give an accounting of its US fmprt9a upon us, O God, tho momentous value Os time end Kelp us to livo according to Thy Will. .. "ye. ■ ry " H%i ? ♦‘Courage Mounteth 4 With Occasion” Afore Uign three hundred years ago the grgat Frgpcis Bacon wrote: “The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of ad versity. is fortitude; which in morals is the Store Heroical virtue.” i i few weeks ago the Vice president of the Un ted States held a press conference, direct ly following the failure of this country’s first Ittgptpt it launching an earth satellite. Mr. ijhtyfSt said: “Sure we failed. We have be fufti ancl we will again. But we need to keep Oi# sense of proportion. We haven't over night lost our scientific know-how. our ability to'get things done. Let’s get away from our weeping wnjls and act like Americans. We’ve got iFork to do. Let’s get on with it like w 4 Is a great gulf of time and language bytwyen these two quotations. But both of thgal stem from the same attitude—the same oqtkwlt on life and the demands of life. Sonif Americans met the Russian scientific successes in ostrich-style—by trying to ig nore, them or by deprecating them. Some, at the other extreme, reacted with panic and despair.—an gll-is-lost attitude. They showed themselves lacking in “the virtue of adver sity” of which Francis Bacon wrote. Or they wept to the “weeping walls” of which Richard Nixon spoke. But these people were very much in the minority. The great majority of Americans fully understand that there is work to do and we. must get on with it. The problem, then, is how to do it. Russia has been showing the world some s>j..4he fruits of a harsh materialistic system, Achievements —and ohly a fool will now fWa'TO minimize them have been brought bv force. The abilities of people are caff fully, efficiently and rigorously channeled avenue's best serve the purpose Jr 'llle ,'Stite. The rewards for success are often very great; the penalties for failure are often extremely severe. In any event, the individual has small command over his own destinies. The state makes the important de cisions and provides the directions. Can a free people rival and surpass the achievements of such a system—and still keep their freedom, their traditions, and their national heart and soul? History tells us that we can. Time and time again the forces of freedom have de feated the forces of tyranny. But the exact opposite also has occurred. Great civilizations have fallen to barbarian hordes. This has happened when those civ ilizations grew soft and sleek, contented and slack, immersed in luxury and degenerate in character. It has hap|)ened when faith was lost in principles and institutions that led to to be replaced by overwhelming cynicism. It has happened, in sum, when fortitude did not come out of adversity, when defeatism prevailed, and citizens turned to the “weeping walls.” We do not yet know the extent of the ef forts that will be needed to build and to maintain the strength necessary for survival, put w’e do know that they will be great, and future events may demonstrate that they will be greater than anyone realizes now. The bur den will fall upon all—on industry, labor and government. Restraint and wisdom will be needed by all—the national interest must ztmt ahead of self-jjnterest. But no one should look on this burden with distaste or fear. The times have brought challenge and opportunity—and a people which value free dom and Honor will rise voluntarily and in full willingness to meet the challenge and exploit the opportunity. pete another thing that was said many centuries ago is perfectly in keeping. Shakes pe».re put it into the mouth of one of'his characters; “Courage mounteth with occa sion.” The occasion is at hand. We must now prove cur courage. I Jdeard & .Seen By Buff I’m not the only one who’s getting absent j minded, for John Holmes is about to get in Imy class, too. The other day John wanted to go down town to buy his 1958 automobile license, but his daughter’s car was parked so that he could not get out at his home. To save time, he jumped in his daughter’s car, parked on lower Broad Street and then pur chased his license. But when he returned to get in his car, he couldn’t find his green Buick. He paraded up and down the block and checked every car, but he still didn’t see his. He was about to - report to the police when he happened to ‘think that he didn’t drive his car down town. ——o- —— I’m happy to be able to say that, according to latest reports, Izzy Campen is making en couraging progress in the North Carolina Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill, fzzy was knocking on death's door, but latest word is to the effect that he is greatly improved and now able to be about in a wheel chair. We will send him The Herald and hope he’ll take enough time out from rambling around in the wheel chair to read the news from back home. Here’s one of the many who hope he will soon be able to be back home. o It is with regret that we lose a certain sub scriber to The Herald. Miss Elizabeth Lar rick, a former school teacher in Edenton. dropped me the following note the other day: “Will you please stop The Herald, for now? After havivng been away from Edenton 24 years, there are so few items that mean any thing to me. 1 will always be interested in Edenton and after I retire from public school teaching next June, hope to get* to Edenton for a visit.” It doesn’t seem like 24 years since Miss Larrick left Edenton to go to Washington, but time passes very swiftly, and if and when she decs visit Edenton. she’ll see l lot of changes have been made since she left the old town. * - o—— Then another brief letter received this week came from Peter Carlton, a former Eden tonian, now living at Falls Church, Va. j “Pleasant associations with all of you will al . ways fill a large part of my memory book,” 'said Pete. Town Councilmen lost out Tuesday night by having ‘such a short meeting. Usually Mayor Ernest Kehayes’ restaurant is closed by the time ill* Council inerting is over and the boys are taken there for a free snack. However, Tuesday night the restaurant was -till open when the Councilmen knocked off ind when that is the case it means cash on xhe counter for anything to eat or drink. Well, lerc s one who*s in favor of short meetings, f possible— cat or not. o I hanks to Grayson Harding, a 1958 cal endar, distributed by the Everett Waddey Company, reached my desk. It’s just about the most attractive in this year’s calendar col 'eclion. Beautifully lithographed pictures of North Carolina scenes adorn the calendar, among which appear Orton Plantation at Wil mington. Duke University Chapel at Durham, Haymakers 1 heater at - Chapel Hill, Chowan County Court House, Philanthropic Hall at Davidson College, an early cotton press in Edgecombe County, Brothers house at Wins ton-Salem, Governor Tryon’s Palace at New Bern. William Morn's leg cabin in Polk County, the Cupola House in Edenton. St. Paul s Episcopal Church in Edenton and the world’s first aeroplane flight December 17, 1905. by Wilbur and Orville Wright at Kittv Hawk, Again I say, it’s a nice calendar and just about the best pictures of the local build ings as I’ve ever seen. Then, too. Edenton gets the lion s share of publicity with three of the 12 pictures. o Broad Street was rather lively Saturday afternoon when Tom Ridgeway and the Jay cees were collecting for the March of Dimes. They had a clothes line stretched out in front of Mitchener’s Pharmacy, on which dollar bills were fastened with clothes pins. Inci dentally. the March of Dimes drive is now in full swing and there’s nobody wh<? should hesitate to make a contribution in the fight igainst polio. v v Edenton’s Aces, their coaches and officials, will be guests of the Rotarians Thursday, January 23, when Jim Taum, head football coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, is scheduled to be the principal speaker. The affair will be held in the'Parish House start ing at 6:15 o’clock and an added feature will be a film of one of the University’s football games. The program should be of great in terest to boys and Rotarians—unless, of course, they are avid State, Wake Forest or Duke fans. j THE CHOWAN HERALD EPENIQN. NOHTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY It. ilii j jgfc jjm & w M jFW Jr * W .JWtBSBKSKk -4. l HARD TO SWALLOW —There's something fishy going on in Chicago .where angler Lear displays his two-headed muskie, the result of a fishing trip to Hayward, Wis. Actually, it's two joined together - tor mounting. 'Lear figures it will stop other flsh-stpry tellers cold. i AROUND THE FARMS IN CHOWAN By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent | > Tobacco Varieties for 1958 The big question with a great j many tobacco-growers is “What l variety of tobacco shall I grow , this year?” In aji attempt to help Chowan County growers answer , the question, a circular letter was , mailed out on January 10. Among the Black Shank resist ant varieties, the order of my ! preference would be about as fol- | lows: Coker 187, Coker 187- Hicks, Buyers’ Choice, Bell 15. j •McNair 121, Oxford 1-181, Vester 5 (Golden Gem 711), Dixie Bright 102, Dixie Bright 101, Oxford 1 and Vester 30> .Seed of Coker 187-Hicks, Bell 15. and McNair! 121 are most probably sold out. Among the varieties not resist ant to Black Shank my preference would be about as follows: Hicks Broadleaf, Bottom Special, Vir ginia 21, Speight 42, Virginia Gold, McNair VG 2, White Gold, Yellow Special A, 402, Golden Cure and Mammoth Gold. In the official variety test at the tobacco research stations all or most of the above varieties were compared with 402. Varie ties higher in yield and value per acre than 402 were Bottom Spe- 1 | cial, Hicks Broadleaf, Virginia 21,1 . Sneights 42, McNair VG 2, Vir- j ginia Gold, Buyers’ Choice. Ves ter 5 (Golden Gem 711), Bell 15, Coker 187-Hicks, .anjd McNair 121. Black Shank is pretty Well scat tered over Chowpfi Codnty to bacco area. There may be some fields and maybe some farms on which Black Shank has not been a problem and growers may be able to get by this year with a non-resistant variety. But, a grower is taking a chance when he uses a non-resistant variety. Very recently I learned of a : grower who claimed he had never | had any Black Shank trouble on ; his farm. Last year he used Hicks Broadleaf and the Black Shank disease did a lot of damage. There appears to be a fairly good stock of seed of Coker 187 and most other Black Shank- resistant va rieties except the three very new ones. My advice is to get your I Final Clearance i |i|| gfa f , i ™ 111 B I I All Fall and Merchandise I • I f f * I I INCLUDING —1 Rfl q * 1 / tsp! I Presses -- Coats - Car Coats - Suits I I Jackets - Rain Coats - Skirts I I Blouses - Sweaters -■ Hats - Purses I I x4nd Many Other Items I I ALL SALES FINAL I SHOP TODAY FOR BEST SELECTIONS! I H I I I • seed in hand immediately so that | j you will have them when you are j ready to plant them. ■ The Seed Peanui Germination Situation ! i Monday morning I took the last | samples of seed peanuts, which, I had come into my office, to Lew- 1 | iston for the quick germination | ■ test. While there I had an op j portunity to look over the rec ords of the completed tests which ! | have been run at this station. Out of approximately 100 sam- j pies of peanuts the germination averaged practically 84 per cent. | A little over one-fourth of the ( j samples germinated 90 per cent lor better. Some six or eight samples germinated below 80 per cent, the lowest of which was 54 per cent. I was unable to learn definitely how the germination tests at the other stations are run ning but the assumption was that it was about like those at the Lewiston Station. With these samples as indica tion of what our seed germina tion may be we assume that our seed peanul s on the average will germinate about 80 to 85 per cent. 1 Some lots will go higher and I some lower. I was informed on Tuesday morning that the quick test stations will continue opera tion through this week. After this week any samples coming in to the county agent’s office will be ' sent to the testing station where the testers will operate about two days per week to take care of them. Any time from now until plant ing time seed samples may be sent to the Seed Testing Labora tory, State Department of Agri culture, Raleieh. N. C., for the | regular germination test. One pint of shelled peanuts should I | constitute a sample. It is very important that growers have their seed tested so that they will know how to guage their planting rate. For example, if a lot of seed ger minate 80 per cent then the plant ing rate of seed should be in creased approximately one-fourth. In the event a lot of seed germi- nate lower than 70 per cent the grower should look for better seed. Gum Pond Club i Holds Meeting I I The Gum Pond Home Demon ! stration Club met .Wednesday night, January Bth, with Mrs. El i lie Bunch. The meeting was | opened by singing “On Top of Old | Smokey.” Mrs. Clarence Bass gave the devotional taken from the 6th chapter of Matthew after j which the club collect was repeat ! ed in unison. There were 10 members present for this meeting. New Year ! books were given to the members , present, and the hostesses for the year were named. Mrs. Everett Wilson, president, reminded the club of the Area Rural Health meeting to be held in Edenton this month and also the H. D. C. County Council meet ing to be held the 22nd of Janu ary. Plans were made to have a covered dish supper at the meeting in February. Mrs. Clarence Bass, vice-presi dent, gave a reading on “Parlia mentary Cues.” Mrs. Charlie Peele, Family Life Leader, gave a reading on the “Ten Commandments To Get Along With People in ’58." In the absence of the home agent, Mrs. Charlie Peele gave the demonstration on “Gadgets Ga lore”.* She told- the club that 7i#nJ gadgets oft th# market today-and many prove to be very helpful while others are just “clutter”. We should con sider carefully before we buy if this thing in question will really be useful and. helpful or just take up space. Anything we buy and don’t use is a waste of money, no matter how small the cost. VFW MEETING William H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night, January 21, at 8 o’clock. Earl White, com mander, urges evefy. member to attend. If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. ® With completion of the' ninth round in the bridge marathon sponsored by the Chowan Hospi tal Auxiliary, Mrs’ W. B. Rosevear and Mrs. L. A. Patterson continue in the lead. 1 Five top teams and their scores I at the end of the ninth round fol low: First: Mrs. W. B. Rosevear and Mrs. L. A. Patterson, 38,330. Second: Dr. Richard Hardin and Joe Thorud, 35,780. Third: W. T. Harry and Cecil Fry, 31,110. Fourth: Mrs. Tom Shepard and Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., 29,090. Fifth: Mrs. Richard Goodwin and Earl Goodwin, 28,170. Bdth Edenton Teams Humbled By Tarboro By BILL GOODWIN Tarboro’s Tigers pounced on the slumping Edenton Aces and | j am .»?!'! <, fit | I "" i-’ '-Elr /on Ik up a bold .Tight but finally pop 6-fo«L 6-inch Bill-. Hull, ’ftfey all grades of shots white th# Aces could not find rahge on much of •anvthini? Tarboro jumped ahead 14-H at the jtofst quarter mark, 30*18 at the htff, and 46-29 at the end of the third period. ■ * Henry Overton • grabbed 12 points to lead the Aces. Jack Bunch got 9, Billy Cook Grtffjn 7, Billy Wilkins 3, and Bobby Ashltiy and Elton Bass 2 eaelj. Alien Homthal got i 5 points. Charlie Henderson 13, and Bill HUH 14 ’to lead the Tigers. Jl The Acelets came from a.,sl -23 third 'quarter deficit but cotjjd not overcome the Tarboro lead. Imogene Rogerson bagged SR points, Linda Spencer 12, mb Relfe Smith 6, and Ruth State ly got 3. y Moore had 20 to pace the Tar boro g&ls.
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